Debate

Topic

Humans own their body organs. Buying and selling of human organs should be legal.

20 minutes

It is ok if 4 people speak. The 5th person must answer the question.

There must be some equity in the timing.

Week 12.

video not more than 5 minutes (included in the 20 minutes) no words in the video; use the video to set the context of our argument asking of questions during the presentation from the prof post a 1 page summary 1 day before the debate (by tue 10 am morning) begin argument in the context of Singapore then move on to general issues

Yes:

it's very obvious that there's demand for transplant and a "shortage" of supply. Why? Because according to EE pov, the donor doesn't get ‘anything' back. There is no self- interests fulfilled. Hence, lack of willingness to supply.

Yes, to a certain extent

i) No one price could be set. It should be up to the owner to decide.

ii) Qn: so it means only rich can receive it? Yes. Accept it, life is unfair. Due to limited resources, supply to those who are willing and able to purchase.

Religious points of view: Are they relevant in this debate? We would not take this into account, since there are so many religions.

1) "Equal misery is not a moral approach to this case":

Some will argue that the rich are the only ones who will benefit when organ sale is legalized, and poor's organs will be exploited. Our population is growing older and we can only expect more people with kidney failures in the future. Do not deprive the ones who are able to pay for a better quality of life, just because the poor are unable to benefit from this scheme. The government is welcomed to extend subsidies to those who are poor if their survival is at stake.

2) EE: When one dies, does one's self- interests still persist?

3) Utilitarian: 1 person's body can save lives of few hundreds. Why would you want to sacrifice lives, just to preserve the existing gap between rich and poor? Shouldn't lives and survival be of utmost important?

4) "It is ironical that the law at present punishes the very victims it is supposed to protect," Associate Professor Lee Wei Ling, director of the National Neuroscience Institute.

5) Kantianism:

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